Green Nutrition Kent

Are you looking for advice on where to buy natural food or are you trying to find recipes that involve cooking organic food? If so, keep reading to learn how you can green your diet by cooking with and consuming natural and organic food.

Homemade muesli really is a breeze to make. Experiment with different mixes and you will soon learn which cereals you like best. For a subtle taste it's good to include a high proportion of oats. Read on and get more information.

There are lots of excellent and exotic fruits out there, from mangosteen to chokeberry. But here we are concentrating on fruit nutrition information about some of the commonest fruits. There is also some information about.

Trail mix really is the easiest of healthy snacks. The key element in an healthy trail mix recipe is to use nuts and dried fruits which don't have any artificial additives or added sugar.If you do use sugared dried fruit, use it in moderation only.

While there is nothing wrong with using plain table salt, using some gourmet salts may contribute a little to your green living efforts. Most gourmet salts are from low-scale eco-friendly companies which have a vested interest in protecting the environment. See Halen Mon and The Maldon Crystal Salt Company, below for particularly good examples of this.

Salsa is simply Spanish and Italian for sauce. They tend to be cold sauces based on vegetables and herbs, though there are some hot ones, too. The tomato salsa recipe below is based on fresh raw foods.

Trail mix really is the easiest of healthy snacks. The key element in an healthy trail mix recipe is to use nuts and dried fruits which don't have any artificial additives or added sugar.If you do use sugared dried fruit, use it in moderation only.

There are some fruits which are not really suitable for using in a rumtopf recipe. Citrus fruits are generally too sharp. Apples may be too hard to infuse well - I haven't actually tried them yet. Dark fruit such as blackberries can make the whole mix rather dark. If you leave them out you are likely to end up with a pleasant, ruby red dessert.

Modern lifestyle choices also affect our need for vitamins. For example, if you live in an area where traffic pollution is bad, (perhaps not your choice!) you will have a greater need for vitamins and minerals than if you didn't.

Whole grain bread recipes vary, but any bread made with a whole, unrefined grain or grains can be considered to be whole grain bread. You can make a breads from any of the following grains: Wheat, barley, rye, oats, even rice.

While all types of fruit which are edible may have some nutritional benefit, it is as well to be aware that the acids found in fruits can be to some extent harmful. Anyone who has tried to eat a lot of pineapple at one sitting will know the acidic effects that such fruit can have on the inside of the mouth.

Blackberries are wholesome and nutritious. They have good amounts of vitamin C and the seeds are rich in vitamin E. There are lots of easy ways to prepare them and they are easy to find throughout August and September.

Brown rice has a reputation for being austere. These recipes are suitable for brown rice and will hopefully whet your appetite for brown rice. But you can, of course, use white rice in any of these recipes. As a part of green living, you will doubtless want to use mainly organic rice, whether you opt for white or brown.

Coulis are easy to make in a moment and they can transform a boring, ordinary dessert into something special. Picture: redcurrants ready to pick If you have soft fruit such as raspberries, blackberries, redcurrants and blackcurrants it is very simple to prepare.

Dutch ovens are wonderful for cooking simple stews and casseroles and can even be used for baking and roasting. These easy Dutch oven recipes may also be suitable for making in a slow cooker, or in a traditional casserole dish.

These fresh tomato recipes are great for when you face a tomato glut. With the difficulties faced by many amateur tomato growers in countries where conditions are not-so-perfect, you might be forgiven for thinking this will never happen to you! Growing tomatoes is not so easy.

There are lots of excellent and exotic fruits out there, from mangosteen to chokeberry. But here we are concentrating on fruit nutrition information about some of the commonest fruits. There is also some information about.

While there is nothing wrong with using plain table salt, using some gourmet salts may contribute a little to your green living efforts. Most gourmet salts are from low-scale eco-friendly companies which have a vested interest in protecting the environment. See Halen Mon and The Maldon Crystal Salt Company, below for particularly good examples of this.

Non-organic carrots often contain residues (in the flesh, where you cannot scrape them away), so of all vegetables, they are perhaps one of the most worthwhile to grow, especially if you have difficulty sourcing organic carrots to buy.

Organic cider vinegar and health go together, naturally! Cider Vinegar and Health: Cider vinegar is amazing stuff. People have been recommending vinegar, organic apple cider vinegar particularly, for health for many years. In my family there are one or two fairly venerable books on the subject that have been a source of inspiration and useful knowledge for decades. In my own...

Organic and free range chicken is more expensive - necessarily. The birds are more labour-intensive to rear and the food given them is better quality. Nevertheless, you can still make a very inexpensive chicken soup if you use cheap cuts such as chicken wings. You can also use left-overs from a roast chicken, for example.

Here is a very simple guide to making yogurt at home without the aid of a yogurt maker, or even electricity. You can use commercial yogurt starters - or not. While these are much easier to find than formerly, yogurt cultures from the yogurt in your fridge will usually serve nicely to begin with.

Homemade muesli really is a breeze to make. Experiment with different mixes and you will soon learn which cereals you like best. For a subtle taste it's good to include a high proportion of oats. Read on and get more information.

The health benefits of organic foods are so clear that it makes good sense to make organic foods the major part of your diet. What you lose in money you will gain in increased health and vitality for sure!

Organic foods are often more flavoursome and subtle than the chemically-produced counterparts, so you can use simpler ingredients and methods. Here are some recipes which I have found useful while running an organic garden.

Organic standards are quite high. All the foodstuffs given to the animals on an organic farm have to be organic and GM free. There are strict regulations about medical treatments which are allowed. For example, the use of antibiotics is quite restricted.

Wild chestnuts are available in mid to late autumn in parks and woods almost thoughout the world. Chestnuts originated in Asia Minor and the Romans spread them around Europe as they conquered and colonised. There are different varieties of edible chestnut in Asia and they were cultivated in China and Japan from the earliest times.

There is a huge range of rye bread recipes to explore, from Jewish rye bread with the traditional caraway flavouring, to rye soda bread. Rye bread can be quite delicious and it's certainly nutritious so it's a good natural food to make at home.

Here is an article about the amazing benefits of resveratol. Resveratrol is a naturally occurring substance found in several plant sources, including grapes. Resveratrol is created in plants, most famously the grape, as a natural defense against fungi and other dangers.

Nuts and seeds can be a great addition to your diet. They are full of vitamins and minerals and have really good amounts of natural oils too. Then there's a bit of protein as well. All in all, they are some of nature's wonder foods. And they can help towards a greener lifestyle. More and more nutritional benefits of nuts are being found all the time.

The evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) is a tall, handsome plant bearing yellow flowers which - as the name suggests - come into their own around nightfall. The plant looks nothing like a spring primrose.

There are some fermented foods which people still eat a plenty. Yogurt is in that category - but most factory-produced flavoured and filled yogurts don't really cut it as "live" foods. There are some good ones of course, including probiotic yogurts, that can be worth buying from the supermarket. But for the very best fermented cultures you may need to a bit look further.

Yogurt has been used for centuries and is one of the very best health foods still today. It is very good for our digestive systems as the cultures have a good effect on our intestinal bacteria, promoting the growth of "good" bacteria and inhibiting the growth of "bad" ones.